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plural spigots
A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask. examples
The plug of a faucet, tap or cock. examples
(US, especially Appalachia) A water tap: a faucet or sillcock. quotations examples
I went to the sink and turned the spigot, feeling the cold rush of water upon my hand.
1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 323
third-person singular simple present spigots, present participle spigoting or spigotting, simple past and past participle spigoted or spigotted
(transitive) To block with a spigot. quotations examples
Once a beach has been formed, spigoting would focus on directing the reclaim water pool toward the reclaim barge pumps.
2002, Phoenix Project: Environmental Impact Statement, pages 2–31
(transitive) To insert (a spigot). quotations examples
Location of the cylinders is, of course, effected by spigoting their lower ends into the holes in the crankcase. Similarly, the cylinder heads are located by spigoting the upper ends of the cylinders into them.
1956, The Automobile Engineer, volume 46, page 118